As luck would have it, I recently replaced an old server from an acquisition site that is currently running 2003 Server SBS edition, so I can use this server for the Drupal install. This will be preferred because I will not have to use anything that is in production, which will let me do server restarts anytime I need without disrupting anybody.
I wasn't sure if I was going to do a fresh install of windows or just clean up the existing install, but after a quick inspection I found that IIS was not ever installed. I figure it already as clean as it is going to get.
My first step was to install IIS and get it up and running. I downloaded an ISO for 2003 SBS, added IIS, and configured a new default web directory called "DRUPAL" . I created a default page index.htm and verified that I could access it over the network. Some permissions needed to be modified to allow anonymous access and directory browsing. Permissions are very lax for the installation process and will be tightened down before going online.
Next, I downloaded the Drupal installation files from Drupal.org. The current stable version is 5.2. Be warned that All of the files on that website come compressed in a "tar.gz" archive that windows cannot recognize by default. I've never heard of that extension before, must be an open source thing. I used Winrar to open the archive and extract into the drupal web directory.
Next up: Installing PHP!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
First Blog entry!
Testing 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on?
This Blog has been created to document the process to take on setting up customizing Drupal software on a webserver. I've never heard of Drupal before and I don't have experience with PHP, so this should be a learning experience for everyone!
From what I have read, Drupal is an open source software effort that allows users to create and host their own blogs, message forums, and file hosting services without being a profecient PHP programmer. I can tell that the biggest challenge here will be the initial install. This will require installations of IIS, PHP, MySQL, and Drupal. All of this software is going to need to be loaded and working in harmony - which I can't imagine will go soothly.
My first step and goal for the day will be to find a web server to work on. Luckilly my organization has plenty of Windows 2003 servers available that do not run IIS, so I will find a good target candidate to piggy back off of and run the software. (Just don't tell my boss.) My servers are all available 24/7 through VPN and Windows remote desktop, so they should be highly available.
Be back later.
This Blog has been created to document the process to take on setting up customizing Drupal software on a webserver. I've never heard of Drupal before and I don't have experience with PHP, so this should be a learning experience for everyone!
From what I have read, Drupal is an open source software effort that allows users to create and host their own blogs, message forums, and file hosting services without being a profecient PHP programmer. I can tell that the biggest challenge here will be the initial install. This will require installations of IIS, PHP, MySQL, and Drupal. All of this software is going to need to be loaded and working in harmony - which I can't imagine will go soothly.
My first step and goal for the day will be to find a web server to work on. Luckilly my organization has plenty of Windows 2003 servers available that do not run IIS, so I will find a good target candidate to piggy back off of and run the software. (Just don't tell my boss.) My servers are all available 24/7 through VPN and Windows remote desktop, so they should be highly available.
Be back later.
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